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Hobby farming is alive and thriving in semi-rural, suburban, and rural areas across the country, and female farmers have been cited as the fastest growing sector within the farming community in recent years. With more than 1 million women in the United States and Canada describing farming as their primary source of income, and many more for whom hobby farming is just thata hobbythe time is right for a publication dedicated to hobby farming from a female perspective. Written for women, by a woman, this insightful volume is packed with stories and advice from women hobby farmers and looks at female-specific farming challenges as well as issues that all farmers face. Inside The Woman Hobby Farmer: Discussions on the who, what, why, and where of hobby farming Deciding on your farming goals and making a plan What to expect in your new endeavor How to decide what to plant and prepare your planting sites Advice on feeding, caring for, and housing different types of livestock A look at "agripreneurship"running and marketing your hobby farm as a successful business Stories, quotes, and advice from successful female hobby farmers

As more and more people join the do-it-yourself revolution, they are breathing new life into many time-honored skills and crafts. Blacksmithing is among the trades that are enjoying a resurgence for both practical and artistic uses, yet there is not an abundance of readily accessible information available to beginning blacksmiths to help them get started and understand the craft. Author Ryan Ridgway, a veterinarian and blacksmith with more than fifteen years of metalworking experience, hopes to fill that void with this comprehensive volume geared toward answering the many questions that new blacksmiths often have. By explaining the physics of moving metal, the different styles of anvils and forges, and alternative fuel sources, Ridgway sets his book apart from less detailed volumes. Forty practical, easy-to-follow projects are presented, showing aspiring blacksmiths how to make tools, such as hammers and chisels; farm implements, such as gate latches and hoof picks; and items for home use, including drawer pulls and candle holders. Inside The Home Blacksmith: The evolution of blacksmithing around the world and the differences between the tools specific to each region The behavior of heated metal and the science of metalworking Setting up a shop safely and economically The heart of your shopthe anvil and forgeand the other essential tools Working with different types of steel, including how to salvage steel for different uses Techniques from beginning to advanced Step-by-step instructions for forty blacksmithing projects: tools and other implements as well as decorative pieces for personal use or sale

The Doe Triple D became a legend in its own lifetime. It was one of the most unorthodox tractors ever built and had two engines, four wheel drive and could articulate through nearly 90 degrees. A very successful machine in its own time, it has remained a firm favourite among tractor enthusiasts everywhere. This illustrated account tells the full story of this remarkable tractor and the company that built it. The rise of Essex company Ernest Doe & Sons from a village blacksmiths shop to the largest machinery retail organization in East Anglia is traced in detail with full coverage given to the machines it made.

Six containers of heirloom tomatoes, miniature squashes, and herbs on your back patio or six acres of beets, cabbages, and strawberries? Five chickens and a honey bee hive or a small farm with three dozen sheep and a couple of quarter horses? Regardless of the size of your "field of dreams," Essential Guide to Hobby Farming is your best first step to making that hobby-farm aspiration a pleasurable and profitable reality. A hobby farmer for the past thirty years, Carol Ekarius shares the joys, challenges, and rewards of living the rural life. Hobby farming is as much a state of mind as it is an address in the country, and this instructive, beautifully photographed manual addresses every topic beginning hobby farmers need to know, from purchasing the right land and equipment to choosing and maintaining crops and livestock to marketing and selling your hobby farms yield. TOPICS DISCUSSED INSIDE: -Assessing finances and resourcesland, water, tools of the trade (trucks, tractors, various implements) -Choosing the best crops for your land, climate, hardiness, and profitability -Selecting and caring for the livestockchickens, goats, cows, sheep, etc.that best fits your hobby farm -Protecting crops and livestock against predators, pests, and disease -Business and marketing options for selling your "local food" directly to restaurants and farmers markets and through CSA programs -Preserving the harvest, through canning, drying, and freezing, plus over two dozen original recipes for your homegrown produce NEW FOR THE SECOND EDITION: Expanded section on chickens, including urban and suburban accommodations; honey bee keeping; adding a barn or annex building to the farm; trends in planting, including miniature vegetables, heirloom varieties, and "hot" new vegetables and hybrids; adding flower beds to the property; getting involved with a CSA

Este tratado agrícola trae a la luz una de las facetas menos conocidas del autor del Martín Fierro, celebérrimo poema épico argentino. Instrucción del estanciero contiene: un repaso histórico de la cria ganadera en los paises del Cono Sur; un analisis de los diferentes tipos de pastos que se hallan en la pampa humeda; consejos sobre las construcciones idoneas para una hacienda; recomendaciones tecnicas para domesticar y cuidar a los caballos, vacas y ovejas; criterios a tener en cuenta en la seleccion del personal en la estancia. Se constituye asi en un documento historico sobre la ocupacion del campo en Sudamerica, sazonado con las grandes dotes de observador que distinguian a Hernandez.

El municipio de Autlán de Navarro (también conocido como Autlán de la Grana) guarda una importante historia de producción y comercio de la grana cochinilla desde el siglo XVI. Colores muy particulares que van del rojo al purpura son el resultado del cultivo de este minusculo insecto en combinacion con la penca del nopal y se utilizan por artistas y artesanos para crear obras maestras desde la epoca precolombina. Esta investigacion logra honrar al municipio jalisciense y complementa la geografia y el mapa cultural y economico de Autlan. Asimismo, vislumbra el porvenir de la grana cochinilla pese a la produccion industrializada de tinturas y a las vicisitudes por las que historicamente ha tenido que atravesar.

Estamos em meio a uma transição das formas de interagir socialmente, de efetuar transações econômicas e de produzir, que se estende há mais de 10 anos. Alguns enxergam essa transformação acelerada da

In this historical book, the author tries to tell the audience how the occupation of the Brazilian Cerrado Biome took place, which began in the 1970s and today places Brazil as the worlds largest grain exporter. When President Juscelino Kubitschek built Brasilia, he was criticized a lot because he was building a capital in the "middle of nowhere", and it really was true. The soil, in addition to not having any fertility, had no technology to make it productive. Initially, the presidents boldness only served to show Brazilians the size of their country. Later, another visionary, also from Minas Gerais of the same lineage, Alysson Paolinelli managed to show that with technology and a lot of effort, these lands could become productive and for this he had the support of BDMG (Development Bank of Minas Gerais) that believed in his vision and took over the implementation of the various programs that served to demonstrate the feasibility of producing in the cerrado. The success of this initiative spread throughout Brazil, where the Cerrado Biome existed. The book also shows that all this growth in our agricultural production took place with only eight hundred, twenty thousand properties out of a total of five million, five hundred thousand that Brazil owns. The book also describes the various failed initiatives to occupy Brazilian soil, including the Amazon biome. Finally, the book shows that the occupation of the cerrado served as a real shield to divert the focus from the dangerous occupation of the Amazon in the same way it was being done.Alysson PaolinelliThe recent nominee to the Nobel Peace Prize is also the author of the Foreword of this book

A agricultura no trópico úmido enfrenta vários e grandes desafios: preservar a paisagem e a biodiversidade, contribuir para a diminuição do CO2 na atmosfera, reduzir a insegurança alimentar, ajudar a

O leite compõe um dos mais importantes commodities do agronegócio mundial, sendo que o Brasil ocupa a sexta posição no ranking de produção, segundo os dados da Organização das Nações Unidas para Agri

Esta obra, meticulosamente estruturada em três partes por acadêmicos conceituados, oferece uma compreensão abrangente do setor que alimenta o mundo. Desde a análise do panorama atual do agronegócio s

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SECRET LIFE OF COWSElegiac, funny, warm and wise, The Wisdom of Sheep will delight country folk and city dwellers alike. KATHERINE MAYA wonderful antidote to the hectic pace of modern life. JAMES OSWALDWe talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been my experience.Some are affectionate, others prone to head-butting. Some are determinedly self-sufficient, others seek our help when they need it. And some can be trusted to lead the flock home. They are as individual as we are.Farm animals are familiar to us from childhood stories, but little did we know that their inner lives are full of complexity, deep bonds and family dramas. Rosamund Young has been an organic farmer for over forty years and this is her record of a life at the beck and call of the animals while observing and preserving the abundant wildlife at Kites Nest Farm. It is a story of joy, discovery, cooperation and sometimes heartbreak. We learn about sheep growing old disgracefully, the intelligence of supposedly bird-brained hens, conversations between cows and why you should never send a text whilst milking . . .Delightful. ALAN BENNETT, ON THE SECRET LIFE OF COWS

Record rain fall and extreme climates have become a common occurrence around the world. The television news shows farmers standing in front of their flooded fields; the ground too wet to harvest one seasons crop, or to plant the next. Our climate is changing, but agriculture is not just the victim of climate change - it is one of the major drivers too. Our food systems are responsible for around a third of all greenhouse gases.In this book, Sarah Bearchell explores how agriculture is using targeted breeding, automation and precision inputs to produce more with less. She considers how we can reduce our impact by addressing problems in our food system, from packaging and transport to the incredible quantities of waste. As consumers, we can make small changes straight away and push for long term change in the wider system. Agriculture can become a force for good, but it needs our help.

As Unidades de Beneficiamento de Grãos e Sementes em geral ainda não têm tradição de rotina de aplicar métodos e técnicas para realizar manutenções como indústrias de outras áreas. A manutenção de eq

A política de Educação do Campo, originada da luta contra-hegemônica e da proposição dos movimentos sociais do campo, está em processo de construção e em permanente disputa, considerado o seu pertenc

True, unflinching, powerful, lyrical Kate MosseIts quite an achievement to shine a light of truth on the often idealised, always understated, role of the farmers wife.RAYNOR WINNWonderful, inviting, wholesome.ObserverVery moving, real and true.AMY LIPTROTEnchanting, funny, fearless. . . a luminously beautiful memoir.SpectatorBeautiful and very honest.CAITLIN MORANAuthentic and affecting.SARAH LANGFORD Lovely, warm and real, it made me cry and cook and think. ELLA RISBRIDGERA portrait of life at Helen Rebanks Lake District farmhouse that beautifully captures the unsung work of keeping a home and raising a family.As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen. There are also six sheepdogs, two ponies, 20 chickens, 50 cattle and 500 sheep to care for. Helen is a farmers wife. Hers is a story that is rarely told, despite being one we think we know.Weaving past and present, Helen shares the days that have shaped her. This is the truth of those days: from steering the family through the Beast from the East and the local authority planning committee, to finding the quiet strength to keep going, when supper is yet to be started, another delivery man has assumed he needs to speak to the man of the house, and she would rather punch a cushion than plump it.This beautifully-illustrated memoir, which takes place across one day at the farm, offers a chance to think about where our food comes from and who puts it on the table. Helens recipes, lists and gentle wisdom helps us to get through our days, whatever they throw at us.Readers love The Farmers WifeLovely. . . the book equivalent of getting up before everyone else to enjoy the silence of the day.Evocative and thought-provoking. . . a beautiful, lyrical read that gives voice to the pushes and pulls of everyday life.A beautifully written manifesto for the life shes chosen to leadA beacon of light. . . Ive never read a memoir quite like this.

Ao mesmo tempo que os problemas ambientais vão aumentando e se agravando, a produção legislativa ambiental, nas esferas internacional e nacional, também aumenta, o que coloca em xeque a efetividade d

Os princípios naturais de defesa das plantas, incluídos seus compostos bioativos, podem atuar na proteção dos cultivos por diferentes modos de ação, o que representa uma "tecnologia" de baixo custo e

In his Accelerated Reclamation of Alkaline Argillaceous Soils of Azerbaijan, Professor Mukhtar Abduyev describes the tackling of a long-established problem which had enormous implications for Azerbaijans security of food supply. The task was to find more efficient methods of reclaiming the saline soils that covered more than 60% of the republics lowlands - some 2.5 million hectares were resistant to improvement. Existing methods of reclamation involved vast amounts of water for leaching and the construction of extensive drainage systems; these methods could take up to 10 years to become effective. Prof. Abduyev typically adopted a practical scientific approach, researching various methods of salt removal and their effect on soils and the crops to be grown in them. He was also a highly respected teacher and was directly involved in field investigations, at the same time providing leadership and valuable hands-on experience for graduate students and research workers. Prof. Abduyevs work was a major contribution to streamlining the vital work to bring more Azerbaijani land into effective crop and food production.

Professor Mukhtar Abduyevs pioneering work was the result of ten years of study, field research and laboratory experimentation on salinized diluvial soils in the foothill plains and steppe of Azerbaijan. At a time of increased demand for agricultural land this work was a most timely contribution to bringing the countrys foothill plains, a major soil reserve, into play. Important as the work was for Prof. Abduyevs native land, however, it had even wider implications. Because there are other forms of salinization in Azerbaijan, the work herein facilitated comparative analysis of their distinctive characteristics - common to the arid regions of many other countries. In Diluvial Soils and their Amelioration, as in his other works, Prof. Abduyev moves from rigorous scientific analysis of the problem and its origins to the development of techniques to return salinized land to productive efficiency; a true demonstration of science in practical action. In 1970, the original Russian edition of the work was nominated by the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR for the V.V. Dokuchayev Award for distinguished contributions to soil science.